page_title: Glenelg, Mars
section_title: Images
hierarchical_section_title: Glenelg, Mars / Images
caption_attribution_description: English: PIA16154: On the Road to Glenelg (Annotated) This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the view looking toward the "Glenelg" area, where three different terrain types come together. All three types are observed from orbit with the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. By driving there, Curiosity will be able to explore them. One of the three terrain types is light-toned with well-developed layering, which likely records deposits of sedimentary materials. There are also black bands that run through the area and might constitute additional layers that alternate with the light-toned layers. The black bands are not easily seen from orbit and are on the order of about 3.3-feet (1-meter) thick. Both of these layer types are important science targets. This mosaic is composed of seven images. The Mastcam 34-millimeter camera took a series of four images; embedded within that series is a second set of three images taken with the Mastcam 100-millimeter camera.
context_page_description: Glenelg, Mars is a location on Mars near the Mars Science Laboratory landing site in Gale Crater marked by a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain.
caption: Curiosity's view of the Glenelg Area - from about 200 m (660 ft) away (19 September 2012).
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